Ann Hanna

Expertise

Ann Hanna

MBA, CPAManaging Director & Owner
P: 414.465.5537

Expertise

Business Growth & Value Planning

Executing Mergers & Acquisitions

Business Leadership

Ann has a proven track record leading successful merger and acquisition projects for middle-market companies. Her distinctive background includes more than 20 years of C-level management experience, including involvement in multiple corporate start-ups.

As managing director and owner of Taureau Group, Ann was instrumental in guiding the firm’s intentional evolution. From its roots within a regional CPA firm, she reinvented the M&A practice to create a true boutique investment banking practice. Today, the firm is a fully independent investment banking firm that upholds a relentless drive to realize the best outcomes for clients.

Ann is a licensed investment banker and real estate broker with extensive operational experience as owner of several successful businesses. Her background also includes corporate work for General Motors and Shell Oil.

Accomplishments

More than 50 presentations to local and state-wide organizations, including the Wisconsin Bar Association, Milwaukee Bar Association, Manufacturing Matters conference and several CEO roundtables.

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What our clients say

I trusted Taureau Group with the sale of my business and was pleased with the structured process meeting my objectives to maximize value and keep the business in the community. They approached hundreds of prospective buyers in a manner that created a lot of interest yet with full confidentiality. Although this was a business transaction, I appreciated the human approach their team had as they worked closely with me and my family throughout the process and relentlessly negotiated for our benefit.
- Rick Blaha, Pak-Rite, Ltd.

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you once again for playing an integral part in the success of this transaction. I was thoroughly impressed from day one with your level of professionalism and the detail provided by the team at Taureau throughout the M&A process. It was a true pleasure working with you and I look forward to the potential opportunity of doing so again in the future.
- Matthew Doran, President & CEO, Anstadt Communications

“It was a pleasure working on our project with Ann Hanna and Mike Schroeder of Taureau Group. It was truly a very professional experience.”
- Guy Bradshaw, Founder, Chairman, CEO, Bradshaw Medical, Inc.

“With their dedication to the project and timely, organized communication, it was easy to partner with Taureau Group and we’d happily refer them to anyone looking for acquisition help.”
- Lisa Reardon, President, CEO and Chairman , OwnersEdge, Inc.

“Choosing Taureau Group to help me find an investment partner was the best decision I could have made...I’m grateful to have found the perfect team, giving my company and me the perfect solution.”
- Steve Mirecki, President, Color Craft Graphic Arts

"Working with their M&A team, was not only effective but pleasant and informative. I realized how important their extreme detail, responsiveness and warm personalities were, which I believe was the recipe needed in making this all come together."
- Steve Mirecki, President, Color Craft Graphic Arts